CHAPTER 679: CHAPTER 679: OVERBEARING

"This thing is called bread, also made from white flour, have a taste."

Qin Yi noticed the little girl probably never saw bread before and explained while tearing open the package to hand her a piece.

The little girl timidly looked at Qin Yi, dared not to reach out, but looked at the Village Chief instead.

"Look, it’s delicious." Qin Yi ate the piece in his hand, then tore off another piece to hand to the little girl.

"Little girl, try it." The Village Chief said with a smile.

Only then did the little girl timidly reach out to take the small piece of bread from Qin Yi’s hand, then placed it near her mouth and took a bite. Her big eyes brightened at once and she put the rest into her mouth as well.

"Tasty, isn’t it?"

"Yes." The little girl nodded.

"How about taking this back for your mom?"

The little girl happily nodded her head.

"Here, take it." Qin Yi handed the bread to the little girl.

The little girl took the bread, then fumbled around her body and pulled out a few pretty colored stones.

Qin Yi was stunned, they were real gemstones. Even though he didn’t know much about them, he recognized that the girl’s hand held five or six pigeon egg-sized sapphires and rubies, and one pink one turned out to be a pink diamond.

Bai Jingqing was stunned too; being a woman, she understood these things even better.

Seeing Qin Yi not reaching out, the little girl thought Qin Yi was dissatisfied with the quantity, hugged the bread tightly, and said timidly, "Big brother, is it too little? It’s okay, if it’s not enough, I can go pick more, alright?"

Pick?

Qin Yi felt overwhelmed, this was too extravagant; any of these gemstones could buy a bread factory.

"Big brother, I’ll add this, okay?" The little girl thought Qin Yi was unwilling and took out a small carved wooden horse toy, reluctantly handing it over.

Too much, way too much... Qin Yi was speechless. She gave away gemstones and diamonds casually, yet found it hard to part with a worthless little horse.

"Qin Yi, I have many here. I’ll give them all to you later. These stones are picked up very far away, it’s not safe for the little girl to go." The Village Chief said.

Qin Yi chuckled bitterly, "It’s not that it’s too little, it’s too much."

"Little girl, the bread is a gift to you; keep the stones for yourself."

"That won’t do, mom says we can’t take others’ things for nothing." The little girl said stubbornly.

Qin Yi laughed, truly astounded by the simple and honest nature here, with such well-mannered little children. Kids outside are probably spoiled enough to be petulant and throw tantrums.

Qin Yi reached out and took only the pink diamond from the girl’s hand, "Little girl, just this one is enough."

The little girl looked at Qin Yi, "Really?"

Qin Yi nodded.

It’s more than enough, practically like selling a piece of bread for a sky-high price. He felt like he was tricking a child out of pocket money.

"Thank you, big brother!" The little girl was full of gratitude because Qin Yi didn’t take away her beloved little wooden horse.

"You’re welcome!" Qin Yi smiled.

"Village Chief Grandpa, I’ll go find my mom."

"Take care running back."

"Goodbye, big brother, goodbye sister, goodbye Village Chief Grandpa, goodbye Uncle Cang."

The little girl waved to everyone, then happily held the bread and jogged away.

"A piece of bread makes her so happy." Qin Yi sighed, these well-mannered kids make one’s heart ache.

Qin Yi turned and placed the pink diamond on the stone table, looking at the Village Chief and asked, "Do you have a lot of these things here?"

"Not a lot, but not few either. Several hundred kilometers south of here, there’s a valley that used to be a volcanic area. The villagers saw these nice-looking stones while hunting and brought them back for the children to play with."

Qin Yi’s eyes lit up; this place had to be explored. My goodness, a fortune awaits, his hands trembled with excitement... hands...

"What are you doing?" Qin Yi noticed Bai Jingqing quietly reaching her hand towards the pink diamond on the stone table, the size of a pigeon egg.

Bai Jingqing blushed slightly and said with a straight face, "Can’t I just take a look?"

"What’s there to see?" Qin Yi hurriedly pocketed the pink diamond; he knew women had little resistance against such things. He didn’t expect even Bai Jingqing to be an exception.

"Stingy." Bai Jingqing muttered softly.

Qin Yi ignored her completely, thinking once he got back, Xiaobing and the others would be very happy.

"Village Chief, you just said you have a lot of these stones here?"

The Village Chief nodded, "Some, the children exchange them for osmanthus cakes to eat."

"I’ll trade with you."

Qin Yi swept his hand across the table, and with a flash of light, it was piled high with various breads, cookies, and canned goods.

Before entering this place, Qin Yi worried there might be no food, so he prepared a lot. However, he heavily disliked eating these, so he hadn’t touched them preferring wild fruits, and now they served a great purpose.

The Village Chief and Old Cang’s eyes went wide.

Bai Jingqing’s eyes also widened, curious where Qin Yi hid all these things.

"Are all these edibles?" The Village Chief asked curiously.

Qin Yi nodded, "Open the packaging and they’re ready to eat."

As he spoke, he casually tore open a box of cookies and handed it to the Village Chief and Old Cang.

The two tasted it and nodded together.

"Delicious, really don’t know how these things are made? Fragrant and crispy." The Village Chief said in surprise.

Qin Yi smiled; these commonplace things outside were rarer than gems and diamonds here.

"Are you sure you want to trade these for those useless stones?" The Village Chief asked uncertainly, with an air of thinking Qin Yi got a bad deal.

"Useless stones?" Bai Jingqing couldn’t help herself, "These useless stones..."

"Village Chief, you see, my child is soon to be born, and I’d like to take some back for them to play with." Qin Yi quickly interrupted Bai Jingqing, giving her a threatening glare, dare say the truth and you’ll be dead.

"Well, as long as you don’t mind being at a loss." The Village Chief said.

"These foods are quite common in our outside world, trading my common things for your common things, there’s no sense of loss." Qin Yi laughed as he spoke.

The Village Chief stood up, "Well, I’ll go get it for you."

Soon, the Village Chief came back with a broken sea bowl, fully piled with red and blue sapphires and also pure diamonds.

Bai Jingqing’s eyes shined, roughly estimated there were hundreds of them, and of extremely high quality.

"This is all; I lost some last time, don’t mind."

"Where did you lose them?"

"Where did you lose them?"

Qin Yi and Bai Jingqing spoke in unison.

The Village Chief and Cang Ziming looked at the two of them strangely.

Qin Yi glared at Bai Jingqing and laughed, "Such beautiful things, it’s a real waste to lose them."

"Just threw them into the ditch behind the house." The Village Chief said.

Without showing it on their faces, Qin Yi and Bai Jingqing probably thought the same thing inwardly, finding an opportunity to scoop diamonds from the back later.